flown missionFailure
Scout X-1 | NASA S-56
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Area 3 — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- NASA S-56
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
An American satellite launched by NASA as part of the Explorers program. It failed to reach orbit when the second stage didn't ignite.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Scout X-1
- Family
- Scout
- Variant
- X-1
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Area 3
- Location
- Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 37.8495, -75.4725